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Round
Regular Season - 9
Venue
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Form

Recent form

AS Roma
65Strong

Last 5 matches · 2W-2D-1L · +5 goal difference

Cagliari
36Poor

Last 5 matches · 2W-1D-2L · -4 goal difference

Our call

Our verdict

Both Teams to Score
No

BetGenius backs No (Both Teams to Score) at 65% confidence — a solid call. Total goals: Under 2.5 Goals.

65%
Confidence
Solid
Preview

Match preview

Third-placed AS Roma welcome eighth-placed Cagliari to the Stadio Olimpico for round nine of Serie A. Roma have enjoyed an unbeaten domestic campaign to date, collecting 18 points from five wins and three draws while scoring 19 goals and conceding six. At home, they have won three and drawn one in the league, averaging 2.5 goals scored per match.

Cagliari visit the capital looking to arrest a dip in form after consecutive defeats without scoring, having fallen 4-0 at Monza and 2-0 at home against Bologna. While they have collected three away victories in four league trips this season, their offensive return remains modest with just six goals scored across eight matches.

Roma must manage several significant absences, with Paulo Dybala, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Manu Kone, and goalkeeper Mile Svilar sidelined through injury. Nevertheless, their depth in attack through Donyell Malen and Matias Soule, combined with a dominant home head-to-head record against the Sardinian outfit, establishes them as firm front-runners.

Analysis

Key factors

  1. AS Roma are unbeaten in Serie A this season with five wins and three draws, conceding only six goals in eight fixtures.
  2. Cagliari have failed to score in their last two league matches, suffering consecutive defeats to Monza and Bologna.
  3. AS Roma have won all five head-to-head home meetings in the sample, keeping clean sheets in the last four visits from Cagliari.
  4. Cagliari average 0.75 goals per game in the league, scoring just six times in eight matches.
  5. AS Roma enter the contest with key injury absences, including Paulo Dybala, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Manu Kone, and Mile Svilar.
Availability

Team news

AS Roma

  • M. BahKnee Injury
  • P. DybalaCalf Injury
  • M. KoneMuscle Injury
  • L. PellegriniThigh Injury
  • M. SvilarToe Injury

Cagliari

  • Riyad IdrissiJumpers Knee
Numbers

Statistical comparison

AS Roma at homeCagliari away
4
Played
4
3-1-0
W-D-L
3-0-1
2.5
Scored /game
1
0.8
Conceded /game
1.3
—
Clean sheets
—
—
Failed to score
—
40%
BTTS (last 5)
40%
60%
Over 2.5 (last 5)
40%

Combined scoring rate: 3.5 goals per game (AS Roma at home plus Cagliari away).

Players

Key players this season

AS Roma

  • D. Malen6G
  • M. Soulé3G
  • P. DybalaCalf Injury4A

Cagliari

  • D. Maldini4G

League scoring and assist totals for this season — not a predicted lineup. Availability is only shown where team news names the same player.

Table

Table context

#TeamPGDPts
1InterChampions League league stage8+1322
2LazioChampions League league stage8+1122
3AS RomaChampions League league stage8+1318
4AC MilanChampions League league stage8+918
5ComoEuropa League league stage8+717
6FrosinonePlay-offs8+414
7Juventus8+314
8Torino8+213
9Cagliari8-313
10Napoli8+311
11Atalanta8-110
12Lecce8-59
History

Head-to-head

7
AS Roma
1
Draws
2
Cagliari

AS Roma have won 7 of the last 10 meetings, averaging 2.7 goals a game.

  • 2026-02-09AS Roma2-0Cagliari
  • 2025-12-07Cagliari1-0AS Roma
  • 2025-03-16AS Roma1-0Cagliari
  • 2024-08-18Cagliari0-0AS Roma
  • 2024-02-05AS Roma4-0Cagliari
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Predictions

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Combo Bet
Both Teams to Score
No
65%
Confidence

Cagliari have found goals difficult to generate this season, scoring only six times across eight league fixtures and drawing blanks in their last two matches. Roma have kept five clean sheets in eight Serie A games and concede an average of just 0.8 goals per match. Head-to-head history at this venue heavily reinforces this pattern, as Cagliari have failed to score in each of their last four visits to the Stadio Olimpico.

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Published October 26, 2026. Form, team news and table context refresh automatically.